At the beginning of 2019, NCT DREAM participated in the New Year Family Concert held in Santiago, Chile.

After that, the company has not planned a new comeback. Apart from attending some award ceremonies at the beginning of the year, the members basically have no other schedules.

In February, the group participated in the Snow Festival performance held in Sapporo, Japan. Shortly after returning to Seoul from Sapporo, Lee Haechan suspended activities due to a foot injury, and NCT DREAM began to run various schedules as a five-member group.

Speaking of schedules, most of them are roadshows, commercial performances and small-scale concerts. S.M has not secured any good resources for the group. In the three years since their debut, the members have not appeared in an external variety show. And this time after returning to Seoul

At this stage, they didn’t even have any radio interviews or variety shows that they could participate in.

"Where are you going tomorrow?"

"That side of Gyeonggi Province."

"It seems a bit far."

"It doesn't matter." The young man's soft response came from the other end of the receiver, "It's good to have a stage."

After ending the call with Park Ji-sung, Zheng Enlin clicked on Kakatalk and looked back at the stage selfies that Huang Renjun and Zhong Chenle sent her two days ago.

It is a relatively simple platter stage that was temporarily built. In the photo, you can still vaguely see the plastic shed standing not far away.

Such an ordinary and even dusty plastic shed is the lounge and dressing room of all groups participating in the platter performance, including NCT DREAM.

In fact, after staying in Seoul for a while, Lee Haechan's foot injury has almost recovered. However, just like the original Mark Lee, when NCT 127 and NCT DREAM have activities at the same time, Lee Haechan always takes priority.

127 itinerary here.

When the group first started to work as a seven-member group, Mark Lee and Lee Hae-chan had both ends in mind. Whenever their schedules collided, S.M would definitely let them participate in digital team activities.

The two couldn't refuse, because this was the company's arrangement for them.

Therefore, for a long time after returning to Korea from Japan, NCT DREAM was a group of five people performing commercials together.

…

That night, Zheng Enlin came to the hospital alone to visit Li Dinu, who was injured and hospitalized.

The group participated in a late-night platter last night. It was late and it was an open-air stage with no protection measures.

Halfway through the performance of the five people on stage, it suddenly started to rain heavily. The fans and audience members in the audience were able to put on raincoats and continue watching, but the five people had no protection.

The rain kept falling, and the stage floor became more and more slippery. However, the members' expression management was still online, and the intensity of their movements during the performance did not weaken much. If they fell, they would get up as if nothing had happened. It was not until all the performances were over that they

Help each other to walk off the stage.

After the late-night platter, there was another business performance on the roadside in the early morning.

In the past few months, the five of them have been in this state. They go to the mountains and countryside, rain or shine, and perform business performances almost non-stop to gain popularity.

Regardless of the size of the stage or the number of audience members present, they are treated with the utmost enthusiasm without hesitation.

Sitting on the sofa in the ward, she peeled an apple for Li Dinu. Although she already knew a lot, Zheng Enlin took the initiative to ask about Li Dinu's current situation.

The two grew up together, and Li Dinu even knew more about many things about Zheng Enlin than Zheng Enlin's parents.

For example, at this moment, even if there was no abnormality on the girl's face and her behavior when talking to him was very natural, Li Dinu was still keenly aware of Zheng Enlin's low mood.

This feeling of depression does not seem to be just because he is hospitalized.

"Enlin, you..."

"It's a bit late, I'm going back first." Whether it was accidental or deliberate, Zheng Enlin stood up from the sofa before Li Dinu could finish his words of concern.

"...Okay." After hesitating for a while, Li Dinu did not choose to pursue the question persistently.

"Then please pay attention to safety on the road, and remember to call me when you get to the dormitory. You can also send me a text message."

"Um."

After coming out of the ward, Zheng Enlin took her mobile phone and took the elevator to the first floor.

Then he bumped into Luo Zaimin, who also came to the hospital to visit Li Dinu.

"Huh?" Luo Zaimin looked a little surprised, "Are you leaving?"

Zheng Enlin looked up at him but said nothing.

"Didn't I just send you a text message, asking you to wait for me for a moment, and we can reply together-"

Without giving Luo Zaimin a chance to continue, Zheng Enlin walked past him expressionlessly, but was stopped by the boy who grabbed her wrist.

"Unhappy?" Unlike Li Dinu, who was gentle, considerate and considerate of Zheng Enlin, Luo Zaimin certainly cared about her, but his relationship with Zheng Enlin had always been direct and direct, saying whatever he said.

"Bad mood?"

"No."

"Do you think you can deceive me?" Luo Zaimin couldn't help but laugh when he saw the girl's tough-tongued look.

"Did you not eat tonight?"

Zheng Enlin pulled her wrist for a moment, then raised her head to look at Luo Zaimin with a somewhat surprised expression.

"how do you know?"

"When we were young, you would behave like this every time you were in a bad mood."

In the beginning, the relationship between the two was not good and they could not understand each other. When Zheng Enlin was in a bad mood, she would deliberately quarrel with Luo Zaimin, to the point where Li Dinu and the others had to come over and act as peacemakers.

Later, the relationship between the two gradually improved, and Luo Zaimin successfully entered Zheng Enlin's circle of friends. When the girl fell into a low mood, she no longer deliberately quarreled with him, but refused to eat and was unkind to others, especially Luo Zaimin.

Whenever she was in a bad mood, Zheng Enlin would still chat and joke with the friends around her, but she would not talk to Luo Zaimin. She would also deliberately ignore the boys who brought up the subject.

In the past, Luo Zaimin was filled with hatred for Zheng Enlin's different treatment more than once. However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with this kind of targeting.

"I have heard about Lami and the others leaving the company." Luo Zaimin gently let go of the hand holding Zheng Enlin, the smile on his face faded for a moment, and he looked a bit serious.

"I know you will definitely be sad and affected."

Hearing these words, Zheng Enlin unconsciously clenched her hands tightly, her eyelashes drooped slightly, showing fragile stubbornness.

Just two weeks before Lee Din-nu was hospitalized due to illness, Kim Sung-kyung, who was also a public trainee, chose to leave S.M. due to family issues with his parents.

Kim Sung-kyung is two years younger than Jung Eun-rim. After being revealed as ROOKIES, his popularity is second only to Jung Eun-rim, the handsome reserve.

No matter inside the company or outside the fandom, no one expected that the young and popular Kim Sung Kyung would be the first among the female ROOKIES to leave S.M.

The company launched a new girl group project in 2017, but it was aborted without any reason. From then until now, Zheng Enlin has lost many friends and acquaintances.

At the beginning of this year, rumors circulated within the company that a new girl group would be formed soon. Now half a year has passed and there is not even a trace of the new girl group. Many trainees really can't wait.

Kim Sung Kyung's move to terminate his trainee contract with S.M was like the first domino to fall, and the consequences were shocking enough.

After her, many female trainees under S.M chose to leave the company, return to amateur life, or sign another contract.

Zheng Enlin heard that Nakamura Hina's parents would fly to Seoul in a while to negotiate with the company about terminating the contract.

From 2017 to now, from Seo Ye Yang to Seo Huiren, then to Kim Sung Kyung and Nakamura Hina.

Among all the female ROOKIES that have been released, only Gao Eun, Zheng Enlin and Ning Yizhuo are left.

"They have all left, but you can continue to hold on." As he said this, Luo Zaimin's tone revealed a hint of uneasiness that he was not even aware of.

He could feel that Zheng Enlin's mood at the moment was not good, and could even be said to be negative.

Girls always care about the character of their friends. Nowadays, friends around them are leaving one after another, and the new girl group has not been seen for a long time.

Zheng Enlin didn't join S.M because she wanted to be an artist. Luo Zaimin was really afraid that she would get into trouble because of these things, and finally left without saying a word.

"You'll keep at it, right?"

Zheng Enlin did not answer.

She couldn't help but sigh and walked outside silently.

Luo Zaimin followed quietly. He saw the girl suddenly stop at the door of the hospital building, then raised her head and looked at the sky.

The deep, endless, dark blue sky.

Not a single twinkling star can be seen.

"When..." she murmured, without turning around to look at the person behind her. The girl raised her head stubbornly.

"When can I make my debut..."

…

At the end of June, Zheng Enlin successfully ushered in her high school graduation season.

She, Li Dinu, Li Haocan and Luo Zaimin graduated at the same time. Li Haecan followed his promise and prepared a graduation gift and a beautiful bouquet for Zheng Enlin. The girl also did not favor one over the other. Each of the three of them received a small gift, plus a style.

Exquisite hand-held bouquet.

"Why, mine is a sunflower, Di Nu is a sunflower, and Jaemin is a sunflower." When he took the bouquet of flowers from Zheng Enlin, Li Haocan couldn't hold back the smile on his face. However, after being satisfied, he

I still have to find a way to find some thorns.

"The meaning of sunflowers is so good. If you don't like it, just give it back to me." Zheng Enlin held out a hand angrily. Anyway, she just didn't like Li Haecan.

The girl's move was very effective. Li Haocan took the flower and took a step back, fearing that Zheng Enlin would take the flower away from him if she felt unhappy.

"Huh." Seeing Li Haocan's behavior, Zheng Enlin snorted mercilessly.

"Happy graduation, happy graduation." Li Haecan patted Zheng Enlin on the shoulder and smiled brightly.
To be continued...